Stade

Stade straddles the Schwinge River in Lower Saxony, and the waterway’s link with the Elbe shaped it into a trading port. The compact old town retains the Alter Hansehafen, where waterside warehouses and timber-framed merchants’ houses recall Stade’s role in the Hanseatic trading world. From 1645 to 1712, the town was the administrative centre of Swedish Bremen-Verden, an episode commemorated by the Schwedenspeicher, a former storehouse that is now a regional museum. Beyond the historic centre, the flat Elbe marshes underline Stade’s northern German setting. Place Stade in its Elbe-region context by browsing webcams nearby.

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